The company had violated a law that allows only
manufacturers to bring their drugs into the United States,
according to a ruling by US District Judge Claire Eagan,
the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Rx Depot had been sending prescriptions and medical
histories for patients to Canadian pharmacists, who would
send the drugs to the patient’s residences.

Rx Depot had been appealing the decision, according to
its lawyer, Fred Stoops, but decided it had no chance of
prevailing. Stoops had said that the FDA, through its
pursuit of Rx Depot, was showing that it held individuals
to a higher standard than states and cities, since the FDA
had not stopped these entities from enacting similar plans.
Five states have opted to buck FDA policy and import
foreign prescription drugs, with Illinois last week
becoming the fifth state to enact such a policy (See
http://www.plansponsor.com/pi_type10/?RECORD_ID=26449
).

“There’s absolutely no question if the state of Illinois
can do what they’re doing, he should be able to do what he
did,” Stoops stated, about Rx Depot’s owner Carl Moore, the
Union-Tribune said.